The second jigsaw festival held in aid of Isabel Hospice and Bishop’s Stortford Methodist Church has raised £2,400.
More than 250 visitors were able to admire hundreds of completed jigsaws and buy vintage, wooden and named artist puzzles suitable for all ages while enjoying home-baked cakes and refreshments at the church in South Street.
The annual event, which was interrupted by Covid-19, was jointly organised by Isabel volunteers led by Renée Friend and Catherine Phillipson and Methodist volunteers led by minister the Rev Gill Hulme and senior steward Frieda Wilson. Catherine also runs a monthly jigsaw exchange at her home in Stortford’s Regency Close.
Long-time Isabel community fundraiser Renée, the chair of our Stortford Area Support Group, said: “The volunteers had set up over the previous week and were delighted with the amazing support from visitors, both locally and from further afield, including Tring and Whittlesford.
“Thanks to their generous support and donations, the amazing sum of £2,400 was raised, to be shared between the Methodist Church and the Hospice.”
We use the church building to host our weekly drop-in Compassionate Neighbours cafe, Grief Encounters sessions and Living Well with Isabel services.
With special thanks to volunteer photographer David Thorne for capturing the day for us.
